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# forehead

«forehead» in Mova's school dictionary: **the part of your face above your eyes and below your hair** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a forehead, foreheads)

### meaning for a pupil

Your forehead is the part of your face above your eyes and below your hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forehead/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health and everyday life: people feel a child's forehead to check for a fever (a hot forehead can mean a temperature); some thermometers are pointed at the forehead. Faces show feelings: a wrinkled forehead can show worry or thinking. In stories, «sweat on his forehead» shows heat, fear or hard work. Phrases: «touch your forehead», «a bump on the forehead», «wipe your forehead», «a kiss on the forehead».

### examples

- Mum felt my forehead to see if I had a fever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forehead/#x1)
- He got a bump on his forehead when he hit the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forehead/#x2)
- She wiped the sweat off her forehead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forehead/#x3)
- Harry Potter has a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forehead/#x4)
- Dad kissed me on the forehead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forehead/#x5)
- The thermometer beeped when it touched my forehead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forehead/#x6)
- He wrinkled his forehead as he thought about the problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forehead/#x7)
- The baby has curly hair over her forehead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forehead/#x8)
- All had horns growing on their foreheads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forehead/#x9)

### note

Spelling: «fore» (front) + «head». Pronunciation: many people say «FOR-head», others «FOR-id»; both are fine. Countable: «a forehead», plural «foreheads».

### In the corpora

- [The King, relieved, asks the Queen to question the next witness, as it makes his forehead ache.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/12/)
- [It quite makes my forehead ache!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/22-alice-who-stole-the-tarts-2/33/)
- [A helmet should sit level and low on your forehead, about two fingers above your eyebrows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/5-bikes-and-scooters/8/)
- [The hongi is a traditional Maori greeting in New Zealand: people press noses and foreheads to share breath, done when invited.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/296-greetings-goodbyes-and-table-manners/10/)
- [At half seven his little sister wrote «ONE MORE GAME» on a sticky note and stuck it on his forehead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/417-just-one-more-game/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forehead» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forehead/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.